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Malaysian State Passes Islamic Laws

Updated July 9, 2002 1:35 a.m. ET

Fresh from approving Islamic laws that prescribe stoning, whipping and amputation in a Malaysian state it controls, a Muslim fundamentalist opposition party has vowed to impose the harsh penalties across the country if it ever takes national power. The Star daily cited Abdul Hadi Awang, who is chief minister of Terengganu state and leader of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic party, as saying that the Islamic laws will apply to non-Muslims "when the time comes." Malaysia's current secular government has promised to block such attempts. Zahari Mohamad, a senior aide to Mr. Abdul Hadi, confirmed Mr. Abdul Hadi's...